Navaratri was celebrated with great pomp and religious fervor on 13th October,2018 at Podar World School, Sherkhi, Vadodara. As it is customary to invoke the Almighty God before any endeavor, the Aarti to Goddess Ambe was performed team podar amidst the singing of the Aarti bhajan. There was a great display of variety of steps by different age groups, swaying to the traditional and latest garba beats creating a great festive mood. There was a melodious blend of traditional garba songs with latest songs. Students also had great fun dancing to the tune of the traditional timli with Bollywood songs like, ‘Nagado sung dhol baje’ etc As the children were engrossed in swaying to the changing peppy music of garba songs, the judges did their job of selecting the best performer and best costume for each class both for boys and girls (in total 4 prizes for each class). Till 11:00 a.m. the students reveled to their heart’s content and after a short break, they were instructed to sway in an organized manner. Then for almost 20-25 minutes non- stop garba was performed and the students danced in great frenzy to the mesmerizing music. The prize to the winners of all classes and the teachers were given away by Principal, Ms Preeta Pillai and at the time of prize distribution, the prize winners were asked to receive the prize coming forward swaying in their attractive steps. Thus, on the whole the groovy music, the elated crowd and the euphoria in the air left both the young and the adults mesmerized for quite some time even after having left the school and boarded the buses for one’s home.
